suppléant
See also: suppleant
French
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Participle
editsuppléant
Adjective
editsuppléant (feminine suppléante, masculine plural suppléants, feminine plural suppléantes)
Noun
editsuppléant m (plural suppléants, feminine suppléante)
- substitute, replacement
- More specifically, a person who is elected along with a député (member of parliament) and who will take over his job if he dies or in some other circumstances
Further reading
edit- “suppléant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.